We would like to announce that Professor Etsuko Sugiyama of Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law attended the 67th Session and Colloquium of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) from December 8th to 12th, 2025, as a representative of the Japanese government. She participated in deliberations concerning the development of a model […]

From October 20th to 24th, 2025, Professor Takeshita, Dean of the Graduate School of Law at Hitotsubashi University, attended the 9th meeting of the Working Group on Jurisdiction of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) as a member of Japanese delegation. HCCH is an international organization established to promote the progressive unification of […]

We are pleased to announce that Associate Professor Hongbum So, a faculty member of the Global Legal Innovation (GLI) Education and Research Center, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University, has been awarded the 12th Songam Young Scholar Award. The award was conferred for his paper, “Critical Analysis of Interpretive Trends on the Scope of ‘Public […]

Mr. Philippe Laroche, President of the International Criminal Court Bar Association, delivered a lecture on the role of defense counsel in international criminal trials in November, which was organized in collaboration between Hitotsubashi University Global Legal Innovation, Education and Research Centre and the Osaka Bar Association. Titled “Considering the International Criminal Court from the perspective […]